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A huge asteroid will safely whiz by our planet next week.

Some of the agencys Earth-observing satellites have been in operation since the late 1990s or early 2000s.

Hollywood loves movies about space rocks hitting earth, but how would we deal with the real thing?

The closest asteroid to pass by Earth for two centuries will fly by Earth on Jan. 18. It is estimated to be 3,451 feet wide.

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According to the findings of a new radar monitoring campaign combined with accurate orbit analysis, researchers have concluded that there is no possibility of Apophis reaching our planet for at least a century. But what would happen if everyone's worst-case scenario came into fruition? Do we have plans to battle such devastating disasters?

When audiences are given a movie about an apocalyptic collision with a space object, most of the time it's a tale of the heroic people aboard a ship charged with the mission of blowing that planet killer up, or folks tasked with building an underground arc for humanity's survival. What these movies don't do is take us on a two-hour tour through the worst parts of our society as the whole world argues amongst themselves about whether the impactor is even real and whether there&#039...

Astronomer suggests a cheap way to protect Earth from killer impacts by turning asteroids into "interplanetary disco balls" and allowing reflected light to change their orbit.

Astronomer suggests a cheap way to protect Earth from killer impacts by turning asteroids into "interplanetary disco balls" and allowing reflected light to change their orbit.

A large, rocky asteroid is going to fly by Earth next week.